A beach strewn with plastic litter in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

Photo By/Credit

Susan White/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
10/11/2012
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Plastic debris that floated ashore litters a beach on Laysan Island in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Pacific. Tides wash the debris ashore from the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,� which flows past the Northwest Hawaiian Islands.
Subject tags
Human impacts
Marine ecology
Marine environments
Pollution
Wildlife refuges